Glacial Lake Area Change and Potential Outburst Flood Hazard Assessment in the Bhutan Himalaya
Against the background of climate change-induced glacier melting, numerous glacial lakes are formed across high mountain areas worldwide. Existing glacial lake inventories, chiefly created using Landsat satellite imagery, mainly relate to 1990 onwards and relatively long (decadal) temporal scales. M...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Earth Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.775195/full |